Power of Sport in Matthew Warn's nam - Nov 09 - Press Releases - LIVING SPORT

Power of Sport in Matthew Warn's nam - Nov 09

LIVING SPORT has partnered with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and Cambridge News to host the County’s Sports Awards. Winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner on Thursday 12 November at the Huntingdon Marriot Hotel.

A new award this year is the Matthew Warn Power of Sport Award for the project that has made a real impact on the local community by addressing the needs of young people or under-represented groups, and demonstrates the ‘power of sport’  to change lives. The Award will be presented in the name of Matthew Warn the Deputy Head at Norwood Primary School, Peterborough, who died suddenly in August.  

Matthew was a keen sportsman who knew how sport helps young people from deprived and challenging backgrounds live more fulfilling lives. He worked tirelessly with pupils at his previous school, Gladstone Primary School, Peterborough, in one of the most deprived areas in the country, to take them through to the Kwik Cricket national finals in 2003 at Trentbridge. 

Nine awards will be presented during the evening including Kitsports Sports Performer, Anglia Ruskin Disabled Sports Performer and the Huntingdonshire Regional College Young Sports Performer. Volunteers will be rewarded with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Services to Sport and Barracudas Activity Day Camps Young Community Volunteer, as well as Cambridge News Coach of the Year and Advance Performance Community Club (Amateur). Schools will be recognised with the Sport Connect School of the Year Award.

Special guest Rory Underwood, the famous England Rugby star said ‘the Sports Awards are a great way of recognising the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at sports clubs across the county and rewarding the skill and dedication of our top performers. It is all about team work.” During his playing career Underwood scored 49 tries for England and played for Leicester Tigers for 14 years making 134 tries for the club side.

We would be delighted if you could join us for a relaxing dinner and evening of celebration in a first class venue. Tickets are available from LIVING SPORT and numbers are limited so apply now to avoid disappointment. Download an order form at www.livingsport.co.uk or contact Rebecca.Gilbertson@livingsport.co.uk or 01487 849929. 

Notes to Editors:

We want more people to take part in sport and physical activity and LIVING SPORT’s vision is “active, healthy, successful communities where everyone can play, achieve and enjoy”. Our aim is to work with a wide range of individuals and organisations involved in sport, bringing them together to form one powerful single voice for sport in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

As part of our role as a champion for sport in the county, LIVING SPORT organises the Annual Sports Awards to celebrate local sporting achievement by sports people, clubs, schools, coaches and volunteers. 

For more information and interviews please contact Rebecca Gilbertson, Events Coordinator, on 01487 849929 or rebecca.gilbertson@livingsport.co.uk or Amanda Callard, Development Manager, on 01487 849925 or amanda.callard@livingsport.co.uk

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